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Letter to the editor:
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 | 2 a.m.
It is hard to believe that Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary observed a young boy allegedly being raped by Jerry Sandusky and did not physically remove him from the child’s body and beat him unconscious before calling police. Nor did he have the child taken to a hospital for treatment. His lack of action makes him just as guilty.
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Some other individuals who are trusted commenters here in the Las Vegas Sun know of segments that I have written about during my turbulent childhood years back in the 1960's. Without going into details, which I prefer not to, those angry and lashing out years that cost me a normal childhood originated from a person very much like Jerry Sandusky, and another who knew of circumstances just like Mike McQueary. I have spent a lifetime hating both of them. As the years passed and I eventually became a law enforcement officer, my most difficult internal struggles were to control my burning hatred of individuals who were either suspected or convicted of crimes against children. I knew all to well that there was potentially, no one else more dangerous than me to these child predators. I wore a badge, had a gun, had the access and open opportunity to pay back every one of these individuals who I feel were the scumbags of the Earth. I never did. And still to this day, privately, on one side of me, I despise myself for not taking advantage of the opportunities I had to even the score. Realistically, four and a half decades have passed since those most horrible and terrifying moments were a part of my life. The hatred never goes away. No matter how much counseling is afforded, no matter how much society supports victims of these crimes, the hate for these type offenders like Sandusky and McQueary never diminishes. I am usually a man who has great respect for human life, and a high tolerance for mistakes in life that all of us human beings are susceptible to making. However, not ever to people like Sandusky or McQueary. Of course, everyone has their opinion on the case of coach Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and Mike McQueary. All three were in positions of trust, as are most individuals who prey on children. I reserve my sympathy and compassion for the victims.
"the entire penn state football organization is guilty, carol..."
dipstick -- you've completely ignored the fact an accusation is just that, something anyone can say. You should try looking behind the headlines before you do more herdspeak.
Unfortunately where kids are alleged to be involved the accusation carries the guilt with it, as this incident -- if it ever happened -- shows. Like any lynch mob, no one's interested in the truth.
"Show me the man and I'll find you the crime." -- Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the Soviet security and secret police under Stalin
Shoot the messenger -- on Hearsay and Media Hype.